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Speaker 1: Welcome to Masa Territory, Ladies and gentlemen. Hope you're all

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Speaker 1: having a good Friday evening. If you are watching this Saturday, well,

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Speaker 1: I hope you're having a good weekend so far. We

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Speaker 1: got some things to talk about here tonight, ladies and gentlemen.

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Speaker 1: We are now a couple of days removed from the

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Speaker 1: winter meetings that is now officially in the rear view mirror.

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Speaker 1: But we're having a little bit of fallout since the

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Speaker 1: dust has settled here in the last couple of days,

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Speaker 1: and you know, mostly negative for the most part. You know,

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Speaker 1: not really a whole lot of positive to talk about.

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Speaker 1: But you know me, I'm always gonna be a glass

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Speaker 1: positive vibes as much as I can. But you know,

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Speaker 1: in the reports the last couple of days haven't been

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Speaker 1: those here tonight in this rather late edition of Master Territory.

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Speaker 1: Apologize for getting here so late, but I'll give you

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Speaker 1: my thoughts and all that We're gonna go over. The

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Speaker 1: you know, it has been a bit more negative the

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Speaker 1: last couple of days, but you got to remember here,

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Speaker 1: there's still a lot of off season left. Listen. We

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Speaker 1: we got a little ways to go here, and there's

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Speaker 1: still a lot of options out there. So yes, missing

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Speaker 1: the most part. I mean, we saw Pete Alonzo getting

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Speaker 1: But hey, it is what it is, and we're gonna

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Speaker 1: My goodness, that man, he is going to be a pest.

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Speaker 1: But again, I still think there is a path I

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Speaker 1: still think there's multiple paths for the Red Sox to

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Speaker 1: couple of frustrations here before I get it, everything including

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Speaker 1: us Jared Durand's name coming up yet again in a

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Speaker 1: Jeff Passing article here today. Make ow Garcia signed an

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Speaker 1: extincsion with the Royals today and Jared Duran was mentioned

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Speaker 1: possible trade, some different scenarios along with katl Marte. His

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Speaker 1: positive news on that front a couple of days ago.

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Speaker 1: pretty positive. So I'll give you my thoughts on that

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Speaker 1: into We might as well. Hold on a second. We're

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Speaker 1: not talking Rule five trade tonight. We're talking Jared Duran

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Speaker 1: shall We always love talking about the negative stuff. I

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Speaker 1: the views, it always gets all the clicks. It is

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Speaker 1: what it is. But it's like a look. Prominent agent says,

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Speaker 1: a couple of sides. Now, like I said, weren't able

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Speaker 1: They were talking about the post season, talking about World

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Speaker 1: how many times at you know, the intro press conferences,

424
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Speaker 1: I came here because they wanted me the Red Sox.

425
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Speaker 1: Right now, they don't seem like they are really pushing

426
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Speaker 1: for Bregman. Do the Cubs show that little execra motivation

427
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Speaker 1: for Bregman? And does do we end up seeing a

428
00:24:01,920 --> 00:24:04,840
Speaker 1: press conference at some point where Bregman says, hey, you know,

429
00:24:05,480 --> 00:24:07,520
Speaker 1: enjoyed my time in Boston. It was a great year,

430
00:24:08,320 --> 00:24:11,520
Speaker 1: learned a lot, met some great people. Hey, but hey,

431
00:24:11,560 --> 00:24:15,119
Speaker 1: the Cubs, they really wanted me here. Does that end

432
00:24:15,200 --> 00:24:17,840
Speaker 1: up happening? Because right now it seems like the Red

433
00:24:17,840 --> 00:24:23,240
Speaker 1: Sox they don't seem too interested in figuring out something

434
00:24:23,280 --> 00:24:25,520
Speaker 1: long term? Could that be a backburner kind of a

435
00:24:25,520 --> 00:24:27,280
Speaker 1: thing for the Red Sox at this point? But does

436
00:24:27,280 --> 00:24:30,000
Speaker 1: Bregman want to wait around? Pete Alonso didn't wait around?

437
00:24:30,760 --> 00:24:33,600
Speaker 1: He did not remember Pete Alonso. He was in the

438
00:24:33,600 --> 00:24:36,800
Speaker 1: same situation last offseason. You know him and his wife.

439
00:24:37,480 --> 00:24:39,920
Speaker 1: You know, they got a family there. They're trying to

440
00:24:39,920 --> 00:24:41,960
Speaker 1: figure out their situation. Did they want to do that

441
00:24:42,000 --> 00:24:44,160
Speaker 1: two years in a row? Absolutely not. Do you think

442
00:24:44,160 --> 00:24:46,600
Speaker 1: Bregman wants to do that. I don't think he does.

443
00:24:46,680 --> 00:24:49,080
Speaker 1: I think Bregman wants to figure out his situation a

444
00:24:49,119 --> 00:24:51,600
Speaker 1: lot sooner than he did last year. I'm just thinking

445
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Speaker 1: about the human being. That's what I would want if

446
00:24:54,520 --> 00:24:56,720
Speaker 1: I if that was me last year, I'd be like,

447
00:24:56,720 --> 00:24:58,359
Speaker 1: I don't want to do that again. I want to

448
00:24:58,359 --> 00:24:59,919
Speaker 1: know where I'm going. I want to figure out my

449
00:25:00,080 --> 00:25:02,840
Speaker 1: living situation, right, you know, I want to know what

450
00:25:02,960 --> 00:25:05,679
Speaker 1: grocery store I'm gonna go, you know, pick up my

451
00:25:06,800 --> 00:25:09,840
Speaker 1: nice you know, fancy stakes from you know what I mean, Like,

452
00:25:10,000 --> 00:25:14,320
Speaker 1: I just want to know where I'm going. So, you know,

453
00:25:14,440 --> 00:25:17,520
Speaker 1: Bregman is Uh, it's interesting, and I wonder if the

454
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Speaker 1: Red Sox keep waiting around if he ends up going elsewhere.

455
00:25:21,760 --> 00:25:23,480
Speaker 1: And I keep thinking about the Cubs. I think the

456
00:25:23,600 --> 00:25:26,960
Speaker 1: Mets could be interesting, especially now that they've had a

457
00:25:26,960 --> 00:25:29,520
Speaker 1: lot of money come off the books with obviously Alonso

458
00:25:29,560 --> 00:25:33,000
Speaker 1: and Edwin Diaz. I know they signed Devin Williams, but

459
00:25:33,560 --> 00:25:35,679
Speaker 1: you know, they definitely have some room there. Do they

460
00:25:35,680 --> 00:25:39,320
Speaker 1: go after Bregman? And uh, that's think about the Orioles, right,

461
00:25:39,480 --> 00:25:42,560
Speaker 1: that's a team that they had some urgency there. Well,

462
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Speaker 1: the Mets after the year they just had, I mean,

463
00:25:45,760 --> 00:25:48,879
Speaker 1: could that beat some urgency, you know, and maybe they're, uh,

464
00:25:48,920 --> 00:25:50,640
Speaker 1: maybe they're looking at Bregman as a guy that can

465
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Speaker 1: really help bring some leadership to that team. You know,

466
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Speaker 1: Soto Soto is a fantastic player, and I obviously I

467
00:25:58,640 --> 00:26:01,359
Speaker 1: think he is that kind of a guy. He's that

468
00:26:01,440 --> 00:26:03,680
Speaker 1: kind of a player to me that he kind of

469
00:26:03,760 --> 00:26:06,320
Speaker 1: leads by example, you know, and maybe they bring in

470
00:26:06,359 --> 00:26:09,720
Speaker 1: Bregman to also kind of fit that mold, right, because

471
00:26:09,720 --> 00:26:12,280
Speaker 1: that's what Bregman is too. But then again, you got Baty,

472
00:26:13,040 --> 00:26:15,240
Speaker 1: you know, he was pretty solid last year. You know,

473
00:26:15,240 --> 00:26:17,560
Speaker 1: you got vent toast. You know, do you move Baity

474
00:26:17,680 --> 00:26:20,640
Speaker 1: or I don't know. I thought maybe you could move

475
00:26:20,960 --> 00:26:22,879
Speaker 1: Baity to second base, but then they brought in Semion.

476
00:26:23,320 --> 00:26:26,920
Speaker 1: So I'm interested here in David Stearns. He has said

477
00:26:26,960 --> 00:26:29,600
Speaker 1: that they want to improve the defense. Well, Bregman is

478
00:26:29,600 --> 00:26:32,760
Speaker 1: going to be very good defensively for you. So I'm

479
00:26:32,800 --> 00:26:36,080
Speaker 1: looking at the Cubs, I'm looking at the Mets. I'm

480
00:26:36,119 --> 00:26:37,879
Speaker 1: just wondering if the Red Sox are going to go

481
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Speaker 1: that extra mile. Remember, in the end, they gave a

482
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Speaker 1: three year deal for Bregman last year. You know, are

483
00:26:45,200 --> 00:26:47,560
Speaker 1: they going to go past that, especially after seeing this

484
00:26:47,640 --> 00:26:54,040
Speaker 1: report that they don't believe in long term deals. I

485
00:26:54,080 --> 00:26:56,440
Speaker 1: don't know. I felt very confident about Bregman coming back

486
00:26:56,480 --> 00:26:58,399
Speaker 1: coming into the offseason because it just felt like a

487
00:26:58,400 --> 00:27:01,080
Speaker 1: perfect fit. But if the I didn't expect the Red

488
00:27:01,119 --> 00:27:05,679
Speaker 1: Sox to be like this. I figured there would be

489
00:27:05,680 --> 00:27:08,320
Speaker 1: a bit more leeway now now that they have made

490
00:27:08,359 --> 00:27:12,840
Speaker 1: the postseason. I figured there would be a bit more flexibility.

491
00:27:13,040 --> 00:27:17,880
Speaker 1: But seems like they're holding a strong stance. So we'll

492
00:27:17,920 --> 00:27:23,840
Speaker 1: see Bregman is interesting, but catell Marte once again popping

493
00:27:23,880 --> 00:27:26,720
Speaker 1: up in this article involved in trade talks. You know,

494
00:27:26,880 --> 00:27:29,080
Speaker 1: I told you all the other night. I had a

495
00:27:29,160 --> 00:27:33,680
Speaker 1: report that was very positive on Kutel Marte from someone

496
00:27:33,680 --> 00:27:37,720
Speaker 1: that I trust. And I've said this before, I will

497
00:27:37,760 --> 00:27:40,199
Speaker 1: never put something out there unless I fully trust it.

498
00:27:41,359 --> 00:27:43,119
Speaker 1: I will never do that. I'm never going to be

499
00:27:43,160 --> 00:27:45,520
Speaker 1: the guy that tries to look for clicks. If I

500
00:27:45,560 --> 00:27:49,080
Speaker 1: hear something that means like genuinely trusted where it came from,

501
00:27:49,160 --> 00:27:51,479
Speaker 1: and if it ends up being wrong, then you know

502
00:27:52,760 --> 00:27:55,560
Speaker 1: that's wrong, you know. But I will tell you right now,

503
00:27:55,760 --> 00:27:57,480
Speaker 1: I will never look for clicks. You know, I put

504
00:27:57,520 --> 00:28:00,880
Speaker 1: out I had my first news break the other day,

505
00:28:00,960 --> 00:28:04,479
Speaker 1: Mark Ler Junior going to the A's right. My source

506
00:28:04,520 --> 00:28:07,520
Speaker 1: on that is someone that I trust very much, and

507
00:28:07,560 --> 00:28:10,520
Speaker 1: they have served me right over the last couple of years.

508
00:28:11,040 --> 00:28:12,920
Speaker 1: That's not the right way to say, now serve me right.

509
00:28:12,920 --> 00:28:15,040
Speaker 1: That sounds weird to say, but they've given me good

510
00:28:15,040 --> 00:28:17,600
Speaker 1: information over the last couple of years. You know, They've

511
00:28:17,640 --> 00:28:21,360
Speaker 1: done well by me, right. I was told something very

512
00:28:21,359 --> 00:28:26,000
Speaker 1: positive on Marte, but then again, after that report, I

513
00:28:26,040 --> 00:28:31,919
Speaker 1: looked for confirmation from other sources. And I got pushback

514
00:28:32,119 --> 00:28:37,240
Speaker 1: on all of it. So I got one positive report

515
00:28:37,400 --> 00:28:41,680
Speaker 1: and then three pushbacks on it. So just telling you

516
00:28:41,720 --> 00:28:45,760
Speaker 1: what I've heard. Right, We'll see what happens with Marte.

517
00:28:45,800 --> 00:28:49,400
Speaker 1: But what that does tell me one positive report, a

518
00:28:49,400 --> 00:28:52,960
Speaker 1: few pushbacks. That tells me there is definitely a conversation

519
00:28:53,120 --> 00:28:56,720
Speaker 1: going on. And when you think about the Red Sox

520
00:28:56,760 --> 00:29:00,200
Speaker 1: and Marte or the Red Sox and the Diamondbacks, I

521
00:29:00,240 --> 00:29:02,800
Speaker 1: do think they're great trade partners. And I've talked about this.

522
00:29:05,040 --> 00:29:07,880
Speaker 1: The Red Sox last year felt like the perfect trade

523
00:29:07,880 --> 00:29:11,960
Speaker 1: partner for the White Sox because they weren't locked down

524
00:29:12,040 --> 00:29:15,400
Speaker 1: to just one possible package. They had multiple avenues. They

525
00:29:15,400 --> 00:29:18,080
Speaker 1: could have gone for Crochet ended up being Kyle Teal

526
00:29:18,160 --> 00:29:21,960
Speaker 1: Brada Montgomery, But I do believe they could have figured

527
00:29:21,960 --> 00:29:24,960
Speaker 1: it out in another way because they had multiple players.

528
00:29:24,960 --> 00:29:28,120
Speaker 1: They could have formed a package round they came to

529
00:29:28,200 --> 00:29:30,560
Speaker 1: that package, and I think the Red Sox can do

530
00:29:30,640 --> 00:29:33,680
Speaker 1: the same thing, even more so this time of the year.

531
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Speaker 1: You know, we've seen a report that the Rays have

532
00:29:38,200 --> 00:29:40,200
Speaker 1: been involved. I'm gonna be honest with you. You know

533
00:29:40,280 --> 00:29:44,680
Speaker 1: we saw this report here Shane Boz and Ryan Pepio. Well,

534
00:29:44,720 --> 00:29:47,080
Speaker 1: I'm gonna push back on that. Why would the Rays

535
00:29:47,160 --> 00:29:52,880
Speaker 1: give up two starting pictures out of their rotation? I mean,

536
00:29:53,680 --> 00:29:56,960
Speaker 1: you're giving up a massive chunk of your rotation right there.

537
00:29:57,000 --> 00:29:59,240
Speaker 1: And they don't really have a whole lot of reinforcements

538
00:29:59,280 --> 00:30:01,720
Speaker 1: coming in. You know, they got some guys. You know,

539
00:30:01,880 --> 00:30:03,960
Speaker 1: maybe they could bring in another guy, but that's two

540
00:30:04,080 --> 00:30:06,800
Speaker 1: guys out of your rotation. I don't know about that.

541
00:30:08,160 --> 00:30:12,320
Speaker 1: I don't know the Rays. This is where I wonder,

542
00:30:12,960 --> 00:30:16,160
Speaker 1: and I've talked about this many times before. Teams in

543
00:30:16,320 --> 00:30:19,600
Speaker 1: division they will do that kind of a thing if

544
00:30:19,600 --> 00:30:23,600
Speaker 1: they hear something is happening. Well, Tampa, a team that

545
00:30:23,680 --> 00:30:25,720
Speaker 1: you know they've made trades with the d Backs in

546
00:30:25,760 --> 00:30:29,480
Speaker 1: the past, they give him a call and say, hey, hey,

547
00:30:29,480 --> 00:30:34,600
Speaker 1: we heard this. What can we do to change your mind? Right?

548
00:30:34,880 --> 00:30:37,640
Speaker 1: They try to drive up that price because well, I

549
00:30:37,680 --> 00:30:40,920
Speaker 1: do believe the Rays would like to go for Marte,

550
00:30:41,600 --> 00:30:43,720
Speaker 1: but they also don't want him to land to the

551
00:30:43,720 --> 00:30:46,080
Speaker 1: Red Sox. That's why the whole Alonzo thing was even

552
00:30:46,120 --> 00:30:50,560
Speaker 1: worse because he landed with the Orioles right, so, well,

553
00:30:50,600 --> 00:30:56,400
Speaker 1: the can the Rays make the Red Sox uncomfortable enough

554
00:30:58,800 --> 00:31:00,920
Speaker 1: to get him to keep him from going to Boston.

555
00:31:01,720 --> 00:31:04,960
Speaker 1: In the end, Hey, credit to them for getting involved

556
00:31:05,160 --> 00:31:08,600
Speaker 1: because the Red Sox that puts a little pressure on them.

557
00:31:08,720 --> 00:31:11,200
Speaker 1: So yeah, that could end up driving up the price.

558
00:31:11,960 --> 00:31:14,040
Speaker 1: You know, the Blue Jays, they've been connected. But here's

559
00:31:14,080 --> 00:31:16,200
Speaker 1: the thing. This is where you kind of have to

560
00:31:16,240 --> 00:31:19,600
Speaker 1: look at just right down the middle. Here is where

561
00:31:19,600 --> 00:31:21,760
Speaker 1: you just got to cut right to the meat potatoes.

562
00:31:23,080 --> 00:31:26,920
Speaker 1: The Blue Jays don't have the assets that the Red

563
00:31:26,920 --> 00:31:30,880
Speaker 1: Sox do. Maybe they could get something done. You never

564
00:31:30,920 --> 00:31:33,040
Speaker 1: say never. I know that's a cop out answer. It

565
00:31:33,080 --> 00:31:36,240
Speaker 1: depends on what the organization prefers. What are the Diamondbacks

566
00:31:36,280 --> 00:31:39,280
Speaker 1: prefer Maybe they like something that the Blue Jays offer

567
00:31:39,280 --> 00:31:40,800
Speaker 1: and then they get it done. But if I'm looking

568
00:31:40,840 --> 00:31:46,320
Speaker 1: at just prospects in general and the amount of variety

569
00:31:46,680 --> 00:31:48,880
Speaker 1: that the Red Sox can offer, I think they beat

570
00:31:48,920 --> 00:31:51,600
Speaker 1: the Blue Jays when it comes to a bidding and

571
00:31:51,680 --> 00:31:54,840
Speaker 1: the Rays. Sure, the Rays got some pretty, you know,

572
00:31:55,000 --> 00:31:58,920
Speaker 1: solid guys they could send back, but the Red Sox

573
00:31:59,000 --> 00:32:02,360
Speaker 1: have more. They have more variety, and they also have

574
00:32:03,880 --> 00:32:08,040
Speaker 1: young major league ready starting pictures like Peyton totally Connolly early,

575
00:32:08,240 --> 00:32:10,520
Speaker 1: who I do think they would like to keep. But

576
00:32:10,600 --> 00:32:15,720
Speaker 1: you also got some cost controlled guys Brian Bao, Cutter Crawford.

577
00:32:16,160 --> 00:32:18,080
Speaker 1: You know you got guys like that too who have

578
00:32:18,120 --> 00:32:20,560
Speaker 1: a lot of control. But then you got some good

579
00:32:21,000 --> 00:32:24,520
Speaker 1: valuable position player, some young position players that you could

580
00:32:24,520 --> 00:32:27,280
Speaker 1: send back. And that gets me back to the article.

581
00:32:30,680 --> 00:32:37,040
Speaker 1: Let's get to this. Oh of course, my computer. Okay,

582
00:32:37,080 --> 00:32:41,120
Speaker 1: well now my computer, my keyboard died. That's great, mid show.

583
00:32:41,240 --> 00:32:44,360
Speaker 1: My computer died. Hold on a second, let me see

584
00:32:44,360 --> 00:32:48,080
Speaker 1: if I can find it. Well, I do know, Marcelo

585
00:32:48,280 --> 00:32:54,040
Speaker 1: Meyer came up here. Not sure if I can find it.

586
00:32:54,440 --> 00:32:58,160
Speaker 1: I like using the control I f but since my

587
00:32:58,280 --> 00:33:04,880
Speaker 1: keyboard died, I can't find it in the article. M yeah, no,

588
00:33:05,760 --> 00:33:12,480
Speaker 1: not seeing Oh here we go. I found it. Let's

589
00:33:12,480 --> 00:33:14,280
Speaker 1: go back to the beginning here. The Red Sox don't

590
00:33:14,280 --> 00:33:16,640
Speaker 1: feel like they need a resolution from Bregmant's camp before

591
00:33:16,680 --> 00:33:18,880
Speaker 1: pouncing on another hitter, and to that end continue to

592
00:33:18,920 --> 00:33:21,160
Speaker 1: try to move the ball down the field on other talks.

593
00:33:21,920 --> 00:33:25,280
Speaker 1: As of Friday, along with many other clubs, remained engaged

594
00:33:25,400 --> 00:33:28,560
Speaker 1: with Arizona on Marte, but nothing was close. One source

595
00:33:28,600 --> 00:33:32,480
Speaker 1: described the talks to this point as exploratory. Arizona is

596
00:33:32,520 --> 00:33:35,680
Speaker 1: clearly targeting starting pitching and talks for Marte but also

597
00:33:35,760 --> 00:33:41,400
Speaker 1: might be intrigued by young infielder Marcello Meyer. Listen, if

598
00:33:41,400 --> 00:33:43,960
Speaker 1: the Red Sox wanted to do a deal with Meyer involved,

599
00:33:45,920 --> 00:33:48,160
Speaker 1: you know, here's the thing. I would only give up

600
00:33:48,200 --> 00:33:50,920
Speaker 1: Meyer if I know I'm getting Bregman back, right, Because

601
00:33:51,360 --> 00:33:54,560
Speaker 1: I mean, you need someone for third base. That's just

602
00:33:54,600 --> 00:33:57,280
Speaker 1: the way it is. Unless they wanted to, you know,

603
00:33:58,080 --> 00:34:01,200
Speaker 1: bring in a Okamoto to play base. I guess you

604
00:34:01,200 --> 00:34:04,880
Speaker 1: could do that, you know, maybe Polanco or whatever. I've

605
00:34:04,880 --> 00:34:09,640
Speaker 1: seen people mention Aeronato. I believed in Arnado last offseason,

606
00:34:09,760 --> 00:34:14,560
Speaker 1: not this time around. But to me, the only way

607
00:34:14,560 --> 00:34:16,879
Speaker 1: I'm giving up myers if I know Bregmann's gonna come back.

608
00:34:17,840 --> 00:34:22,040
Speaker 1: That's it, right, Meyer, That's gonna That's a lot to

609
00:34:22,080 --> 00:34:24,719
Speaker 1: give up. But when you're looking at the caliber of

610
00:34:24,760 --> 00:34:29,799
Speaker 1: a player that Marte is, I mean, listen, Marte is

611
00:34:29,800 --> 00:34:31,879
Speaker 1: one of the better players in the game, and he's

612
00:34:31,880 --> 00:34:36,080
Speaker 1: on a friendly contract. And I've also had people say this, well,

613
00:34:36,080 --> 00:34:38,400
Speaker 1: why would the Red Sox be interested in a trade

614
00:34:39,880 --> 00:34:44,640
Speaker 1: for Kutel Marte who's on a contract five years but

615
00:34:44,680 --> 00:34:47,239
Speaker 1: they wouldn't pay Alonzo. Well, here's the big difference on

616
00:34:47,320 --> 00:34:51,120
Speaker 1: that Marte's making around fifteen million bucks per year. And

617
00:34:51,320 --> 00:34:54,239
Speaker 1: you know, sure Marte, he's you know, just turned thirty two,

618
00:34:54,840 --> 00:34:57,399
Speaker 1: so yeah, you know you are gonna have some regression there.

619
00:34:57,480 --> 00:35:02,440
Speaker 1: But he's making fifteen million per year. That's way cheaper

620
00:35:02,520 --> 00:35:07,120
Speaker 1: than Alonso, right, So that there's that. So if you

621
00:35:07,120 --> 00:35:10,360
Speaker 1: were to give up Marcelo Meyer, I mean you're making

622
00:35:10,480 --> 00:35:14,080
Speaker 1: up I think a lot of the difference there, right,

623
00:35:15,080 --> 00:35:18,440
Speaker 1: making up a lot of the difference. You wouldn't have

624
00:35:18,480 --> 00:35:21,040
Speaker 1: to give up much else with Meyer. I do think

625
00:35:21,120 --> 00:35:24,120
Speaker 1: you could probably, you know, honestly, I think if you

626
00:35:24,160 --> 00:35:27,560
Speaker 1: gave up Meyer, and this is just my opinion, Listen,

627
00:35:27,719 --> 00:35:30,319
Speaker 1: I love my Ginger brother and Hunter Dobbins, but I

628
00:35:30,360 --> 00:35:33,960
Speaker 1: think maybe you could do like Hunter Dobbins and maybe

629
00:35:34,000 --> 00:35:40,920
Speaker 1: throwing like one high upside prospect like Justin Gonzalez, you know,

630
00:35:40,960 --> 00:35:43,280
Speaker 1: who's a guy who's very far away, but that maybe

631
00:35:43,280 --> 00:35:46,400
Speaker 1: that's a guy that could stash in their system and

632
00:35:46,440 --> 00:35:50,720
Speaker 1: that trade right there, value wise, you are looking pretty even.

633
00:35:51,920 --> 00:35:56,160
Speaker 1: So I think there could be maybe that could be

634
00:35:56,200 --> 00:36:01,279
Speaker 1: an idea, right if you did Meyer, I mean I

635
00:36:01,320 --> 00:36:03,759
Speaker 1: don't know, I mean, you have if it's just like

636
00:36:03,880 --> 00:36:08,640
Speaker 1: one other guy, maybe like Luis Parrales, you know, Meyer

637
00:36:08,719 --> 00:36:14,160
Speaker 1: and parals for Marte. So you know, with Meyer, the

638
00:36:14,200 --> 00:36:15,960
Speaker 1: point here is that he would make up a lot

639
00:36:16,000 --> 00:36:18,560
Speaker 1: of the value. You wouldn't have to send much else

640
00:36:18,600 --> 00:36:21,720
Speaker 1: back with him. Could you imagine Jordan Lawler Marcella Meyer

641
00:36:21,840 --> 00:36:24,520
Speaker 1: in the same infield after they were drafted very close

642
00:36:24,560 --> 00:36:27,680
Speaker 1: to each other back in that draft was that twenty

643
00:36:27,680 --> 00:36:32,839
Speaker 1: twenty one? I think that'd be pretty funny. So that's

644
00:36:32,920 --> 00:36:34,960
Speaker 1: kind of where I'm at. You know, you could do Meyer.

645
00:36:35,480 --> 00:36:38,160
Speaker 1: There's but getting back to the point here, there's so

646
00:36:38,400 --> 00:36:40,560
Speaker 1: many ways the Red Sox could do this, you know,

647
00:36:40,600 --> 00:36:43,240
Speaker 1: get back to the outfield surplus. Do you do Jaron Duran?

648
00:36:43,800 --> 00:36:46,640
Speaker 1: Will you or Bray you one of those guys? You know?

649
00:36:46,640 --> 00:36:49,640
Speaker 1: Could you even do something where you include Franklin Arius?

650
00:36:50,760 --> 00:36:54,160
Speaker 1: You know a guy where right now you kind of

651
00:36:54,200 --> 00:36:55,960
Speaker 1: wonder what the path is going to be with him.

652
00:36:56,960 --> 00:37:01,120
Speaker 1: But I mean, if you're getting Marte, I thinks that's

653
00:37:01,160 --> 00:37:03,120
Speaker 1: a guy you could probably send back, you know, maybe

654
00:37:03,160 --> 00:37:07,400
Speaker 1: send back. I don't know. Maybe this is where you

655
00:37:07,440 --> 00:37:10,359
Speaker 1: do something for Arius. And you know Connolly Early a

656
00:37:10,400 --> 00:37:12,400
Speaker 1: young major league ready starter. You can put in the

657
00:37:12,480 --> 00:37:17,840
Speaker 1: rotation right now, Connolly Early, Franklin Arius, you know, maybe

658
00:37:17,880 --> 00:37:19,840
Speaker 1: throw in a couple more guys here, I don't know,

659
00:37:19,880 --> 00:37:24,279
Speaker 1: maybe Kays and Witherspoon, who you just drafted. Maybe one

660
00:37:24,360 --> 00:37:29,120
Speaker 1: more guy here, and you know you might be onto something. Again.

661
00:37:29,320 --> 00:37:31,319
Speaker 1: The point that I'm making here is I think the

662
00:37:31,360 --> 00:37:38,360
Speaker 1: Red Sox they have so much flexibility, so much variety

663
00:37:38,400 --> 00:37:40,279
Speaker 1: to be able to get a Marte deal done. They

664
00:37:40,320 --> 00:37:43,439
Speaker 1: you can go so many ways and a package would

665
00:37:43,440 --> 00:37:46,799
Speaker 1: look great. And the more variety you have, the more

666
00:37:46,880 --> 00:37:50,359
Speaker 1: flavors that you can put on the table, the more

667
00:37:50,440 --> 00:37:52,440
Speaker 1: likely you're gonna be able to sell. Right. You go

668
00:37:52,440 --> 00:37:54,279
Speaker 1: to an ice cream parlor, right, and there's so many

669
00:37:54,320 --> 00:37:57,520
Speaker 1: different flavors where you're you're bound to pick one. I mean,

670
00:37:57,560 --> 00:37:59,799
Speaker 1: there's gotta be one that you like, right, But if

671
00:37:59,800 --> 00:38:02,000
Speaker 1: you go another one and they only got like five flavors,

672
00:38:02,080 --> 00:38:05,920
Speaker 1: you're like, eh, well I get I don't know, I

673
00:38:05,920 --> 00:38:08,080
Speaker 1: guess I'll get that one. You know, you don't, you know,

674
00:38:08,320 --> 00:38:10,960
Speaker 1: there's not really one one that you like. There's only

675
00:38:10,960 --> 00:38:14,400
Speaker 1: they only got chocolate, vanilla, strawberry, and cookies and cream.

676
00:38:14,800 --> 00:38:18,280
Speaker 1: And you're like, well, all right, here's here's a better analogy.

677
00:38:18,320 --> 00:38:20,680
Speaker 1: You go to McDonald's. Then they have the soft serve, Right,

678
00:38:20,719 --> 00:38:24,000
Speaker 1: You know, only like vanilla and whatever the mcflurry flavors are,

679
00:38:24,040 --> 00:38:26,960
Speaker 1: like Oreo and eminem. Oreo is so much better, by

680
00:38:27,000 --> 00:38:30,760
Speaker 1: the way, just letting you know that the eminem candies

681
00:38:30,800 --> 00:38:33,239
Speaker 1: they get too hard. No, I can't. I can't do that.

682
00:38:33,320 --> 00:38:36,520
Speaker 1: It no, it's yeah, don't like that. But where would

683
00:38:36,520 --> 00:38:40,000
Speaker 1: you rather go McDonald's or would you rather go to

684
00:38:40,000 --> 00:38:42,279
Speaker 1: that nice ice cream shop right next door that's got

685
00:38:42,320 --> 00:38:44,839
Speaker 1: like like all these different flavors, you know what I mean.

686
00:38:45,360 --> 00:38:48,000
Speaker 1: So that's kind of the point here. The Red Sox,

687
00:38:48,040 --> 00:38:50,799
Speaker 1: they I think, can get a deal done in many

688
00:38:50,800 --> 00:38:54,280
Speaker 1: different ways. I think Marte, he makes a lot of sense,

689
00:38:54,880 --> 00:38:56,960
Speaker 1: makes a lot of sense here, and I think you

690
00:38:57,280 --> 00:39:00,440
Speaker 1: could get a deal done for Marte. And you know, honestly,

691
00:39:00,800 --> 00:39:04,880
Speaker 1: I wonder if you're bringing Marte, Well, this could go

692
00:39:05,120 --> 00:39:06,880
Speaker 1: the point that I'm about to make. You can go

693
00:39:06,960 --> 00:39:10,160
Speaker 1: a couple of different ways here, a couple of different ways.

694
00:39:12,160 --> 00:39:14,600
Speaker 1: Let's say you bring in Marte without having to give

695
00:39:14,680 --> 00:39:20,239
Speaker 1: up Meyer. Well, at that point, where do the Red Sox.

696
00:39:20,280 --> 00:39:23,919
Speaker 1: Where would the Red Sox want to go? There? Would

697
00:39:23,920 --> 00:39:27,160
Speaker 1: they put Meyer at third and just say see you

698
00:39:27,239 --> 00:39:29,520
Speaker 1: later to Bregman and then they go find another bat

699
00:39:29,520 --> 00:39:32,160
Speaker 1: maybe they bring in, you know, like Jorge Polonko has

700
00:39:32,200 --> 00:39:37,040
Speaker 1: been linked to them, or Okamoto. Would you be satisfied?

701
00:39:37,080 --> 00:39:39,880
Speaker 1: I'm gonna ask you in the chat. Let me know

702
00:39:39,920 --> 00:39:43,040
Speaker 1: in the chat. Would you be satisfied with an off

703
00:39:43,120 --> 00:39:50,840
Speaker 1: season of Katl Marte and Kazuma Okamoto? Would you be

704
00:39:51,640 --> 00:39:56,120
Speaker 1: okay with that? You're bringing Marte, who's a dynamic player,

705
00:39:57,680 --> 00:39:59,800
Speaker 1: good offense, so give you some pretty solid defense to

706
00:39:59,840 --> 00:40:02,120
Speaker 1: the part. And then you get in a guy in

707
00:40:02,160 --> 00:40:06,120
Speaker 1: Okamoto who is a question mark but has some upside

708
00:40:06,120 --> 00:40:09,840
Speaker 1: with the power. Would you be okay with that? And

709
00:40:09,880 --> 00:40:14,160
Speaker 1: then you get Meyer who is now your long term

710
00:40:15,360 --> 00:40:18,160
Speaker 1: Well he'll be your third baseman for now, but eventually

711
00:40:18,160 --> 00:40:21,240
Speaker 1: he'll take over at shortstop when the ex Trevor Story

712
00:40:21,320 --> 00:40:26,120
Speaker 1: era is over right, So you kind of wonder is

713
00:40:26,160 --> 00:40:28,080
Speaker 1: that the way maybe the Red Sox are looking to

714
00:40:28,120 --> 00:40:32,479
Speaker 1: go here? But then there's another angle to this. Let's

715
00:40:32,480 --> 00:40:38,080
Speaker 1: say they move Marte or move Meyer for Marte. Let's

716
00:40:38,120 --> 00:40:43,160
Speaker 1: say that's who the Diamondbacks want. Does that maybe tempt

717
00:40:43,160 --> 00:40:47,000
Speaker 1: Bregman a little bit? Thinking, Hey, you know what, all right,

718
00:40:47,040 --> 00:40:50,560
Speaker 1: they brought in Marte? All right, now we're looking pretty good.

719
00:40:51,360 --> 00:40:54,600
Speaker 1: All right, Boris go to Boston and figure it out.

720
00:40:54,680 --> 00:40:56,719
Speaker 1: Let's get this done. Come on, I want to stay

721
00:40:56,719 --> 00:40:58,960
Speaker 1: in Boston, so I think you could go a couple

722
00:40:59,000 --> 00:41:03,880
Speaker 1: of different ways there. It's interesting. It's interesting. So and

723
00:41:03,960 --> 00:41:08,200
Speaker 1: we also had this, uh, we had this report from

724
00:41:08,360 --> 00:41:11,400
Speaker 1: Carlos by Erga tonight. I think he was on his podcast.

725
00:41:12,160 --> 00:41:16,279
Speaker 1: It's Carlos Bierga. Take with a grain of salt. Take

726
00:41:16,320 --> 00:41:18,520
Speaker 1: with a grain of salt. But he was on his

727
00:41:18,560 --> 00:41:25,359
Speaker 1: podcast saying that he spoke to Scott Boris saying, supposedly

728
00:41:25,520 --> 00:41:29,879
Speaker 1: to Bierga that, uh oh, Bregman, he he opted out

729
00:41:29,880 --> 00:41:32,239
Speaker 1: of his contract because he wanted to go to a

730
00:41:32,239 --> 00:41:37,000
Speaker 1: more competitive team. It's Carlos Vierga. So again I'll say

731
00:41:37,000 --> 00:41:40,360
Speaker 1: one more time, please take with a grain of salt. However,

732
00:41:40,480 --> 00:41:45,080
Speaker 1: that one's weird to me because it's not really like

733
00:41:45,440 --> 00:41:48,720
Speaker 1: a signing or anything. It's kind of like he's saying

734
00:41:48,800 --> 00:41:54,480
Speaker 1: that someone said like an exact quote to him. So

735
00:41:55,400 --> 00:41:58,400
Speaker 1: I feel like that's just and you can say what

736
00:41:58,440 --> 00:42:01,200
Speaker 1: you want to buy Bierga. I'll say this about Beraga

737
00:42:01,239 --> 00:42:03,480
Speaker 1: at the winter meetings, that man was shaking hands left

738
00:42:03,520 --> 00:42:06,080
Speaker 1: him right, I'll tell you that right now. So even

739
00:42:06,080 --> 00:42:07,920
Speaker 1: though he has been wrong on a lot of things

740
00:42:08,800 --> 00:42:11,759
Speaker 1: that uh, and yes, you know, former player, but he

741
00:42:11,920 --> 00:42:13,720
Speaker 1: was shaking a lot of hands at the Winter meetings,

742
00:42:13,760 --> 00:42:15,719
Speaker 1: so people love that guy. I'll tell you that right now.

743
00:42:15,760 --> 00:42:20,600
Speaker 1: So would he lie about something that Boris said? I

744
00:42:20,600 --> 00:42:23,120
Speaker 1: don't know about that. This one of the you know,

745
00:42:23,200 --> 00:42:25,960
Speaker 1: if one of the strongest of not these strongest agents

746
00:42:26,000 --> 00:42:29,279
Speaker 1: at all of sports, would he lie? I don't. I

747
00:42:29,280 --> 00:42:32,319
Speaker 1: don't know. Or was that maybe like a mischaracterization of

748
00:42:32,320 --> 00:42:35,600
Speaker 1: what he said, or did he twist some words a

749
00:42:35,600 --> 00:42:37,600
Speaker 1: little bit? I don't know. I thought that was a

750
00:42:37,640 --> 00:42:40,799
Speaker 1: little weird. I don't really buy that that clip. I

751
00:42:40,880 --> 00:42:44,480
Speaker 1: posted it on Twitter. I think Jerry Krabas retweeted it.

752
00:42:44,840 --> 00:42:47,000
Speaker 1: Probably some people are getting grumpy at me. I wasn't

753
00:42:47,000 --> 00:42:48,960
Speaker 1: trying to stir the pot or anything, because I even

754
00:42:49,000 --> 00:42:53,439
Speaker 1: said on that post I said, yeah, not really buying

755
00:42:53,480 --> 00:42:55,319
Speaker 1: this one. I don't remember what I said exactly, but

756
00:42:55,440 --> 00:42:57,919
Speaker 1: that was one that was a little weird. But it's

757
00:42:57,920 --> 00:42:59,839
Speaker 1: also kind of weird, like why would you just lie

758
00:43:00,520 --> 00:43:02,680
Speaker 1: like that, I don't know, especially with a guy that

759
00:43:02,800 --> 00:43:06,440
Speaker 1: powerful in this game. I don't know. That sounds weird.

760
00:43:06,480 --> 00:43:08,640
Speaker 1: But then but then again, you know, maybe Boris, if

761
00:43:08,680 --> 00:43:11,680
Speaker 1: he did actually say something like that. Is that Boris

762
00:43:11,800 --> 00:43:14,600
Speaker 1: trying to maybe stir things up? I mean, Boris did

763
00:43:14,640 --> 00:43:18,520
Speaker 1: call Seattle saying, hey, Seattle, you want Bregman a right?

764
00:43:18,600 --> 00:43:22,680
Speaker 1: So I don't know. That whole thing just felt weird

765
00:43:22,760 --> 00:43:25,000
Speaker 1: when I watched that clip, but I was curious to

766
00:43:25,000 --> 00:43:27,759
Speaker 1: see what other people thought about it. I don't buy

767
00:43:27,800 --> 00:43:30,560
Speaker 1: it really too much. Maybe that was even like a

768
00:43:30,600 --> 00:43:35,879
Speaker 1: tongue in cheek kind of a thing. Maybe Boris was like, ohh,

769
00:43:36,520 --> 00:43:39,200
Speaker 1: I think yeah, maybe we also go to a more

770
00:43:39,239 --> 00:43:42,080
Speaker 1: competitive team, you know what I mean, Like there's something

771
00:43:42,520 --> 00:43:44,680
Speaker 1: I don't know. Then Biergre's like, oh, I'm gonna say

772
00:43:44,680 --> 00:43:48,480
Speaker 1: that on my podcast. I don't know. Could tell Marte.

773
00:43:48,520 --> 00:43:52,200
Speaker 1: I think he's great. Sure there were some concerns with

774
00:43:52,280 --> 00:43:57,080
Speaker 1: the clubhouse last year, but I don't know who knows

775
00:43:57,080 --> 00:44:00,200
Speaker 1: what was going on with that. I have no idea.

776
00:44:00,480 --> 00:44:03,400
Speaker 1: But the player, though, would be a very nice player

777
00:44:03,440 --> 00:44:06,200
Speaker 1: to add to this team. We'll see what happens. So

778
00:44:06,239 --> 00:44:11,800
Speaker 1: many different ways you could go. We did get another report.

779
00:44:12,000 --> 00:44:16,960
Speaker 1: We did get another report here Jaron Duran popping up

780
00:44:17,000 --> 00:44:22,680
Speaker 1: again in the trade rumors. Mico Garcia signed an extinction

781
00:44:22,800 --> 00:44:25,520
Speaker 1: with the Royals today, Jeff pass and put a breaking tweet.

782
00:44:25,600 --> 00:44:28,920
Speaker 1: It made my heart jump out of my chest because

783
00:44:29,040 --> 00:44:32,480
Speaker 1: anytime I see breaking in capital letters, I gotta brace

784
00:44:32,560 --> 00:44:34,799
Speaker 1: myself because it's like, okay, is that something I go

785
00:44:34,840 --> 00:44:36,560
Speaker 1: I gotta go live for. But then it was just

786
00:44:36,600 --> 00:44:39,319
Speaker 1: the extincsion. I'm like, oh, okay, okay, I can I

787
00:44:39,360 --> 00:44:43,040
Speaker 1: can relax here for a bit. But in that article

788
00:44:43,080 --> 00:44:48,800
Speaker 1: on ESPN, he did say the Royals have been active

789
00:44:48,800 --> 00:44:51,800
Speaker 1: on the trade market too, looking to acquire another outfielder.

790
00:44:51,920 --> 00:44:54,480
Speaker 1: They have discussed acquiring Jaron Duran from the Red Sox

791
00:44:54,520 --> 00:44:57,880
Speaker 1: and inquired about Picture Mackenzie Gore and CJ. Abrams from

792
00:44:57,880 --> 00:45:04,520
Speaker 1: the Nationals. So I'll talk about this again, listen. I mean,

793
00:45:04,840 --> 00:45:10,640
Speaker 1: unless you know, you can get creative. Maybe I don't know,

794
00:45:10,960 --> 00:45:13,160
Speaker 1: do some kind of like a like a three team trade.

795
00:45:13,960 --> 00:45:17,879
Speaker 1: I do think, right the only way the Royals can

796
00:45:17,920 --> 00:45:22,120
Speaker 1: acquire Duran unless it's if it's like a straight up swap.

797
00:45:22,840 --> 00:45:27,560
Speaker 1: I think Cole Reagan's is like it would take more

798
00:45:27,600 --> 00:45:31,759
Speaker 1: than Duran to get Cole Reagan's. But when you look

799
00:45:31,760 --> 00:45:34,480
Speaker 1: at the players that they have that I think they

800
00:45:34,480 --> 00:45:40,040
Speaker 1: would be willing to move. And however, Piccolo did say

801
00:45:40,040 --> 00:45:42,200
Speaker 1: the other day that you know, he wasn't very keen

802
00:45:42,239 --> 00:45:45,920
Speaker 1: about moving Cole Reagan's. But if you want someone like Duran,

803
00:45:46,320 --> 00:45:47,719
Speaker 1: I mean, who else are you gonna give up? I mean,

804
00:45:47,760 --> 00:45:50,359
Speaker 1: you got Chris Bubick, but he's only got one year left,

805
00:45:50,560 --> 00:45:52,320
Speaker 1: so you'd have to give up a lot more than Bubick.

806
00:45:53,320 --> 00:45:55,439
Speaker 1: I don't know. Noah Cameron doesn't really move the needle

807
00:45:55,480 --> 00:46:00,200
Speaker 1: for me. You got Carter Jensen, you got Blake Mitchell

808
00:46:00,239 --> 00:46:02,399
Speaker 1: to catching prospects, But the Red Sox have been adding

809
00:46:02,440 --> 00:46:05,520
Speaker 1: ketchers left and right. I mean, goodness, gracious, I mean

810
00:46:05,560 --> 00:46:08,320
Speaker 1: they're probably gonna go find a catcher like in Ireland

811
00:46:08,480 --> 00:46:11,120
Speaker 1: somewhere to add him, you know, to the Red Sox organization.

812
00:46:11,200 --> 00:46:14,440
Speaker 1: My goodness, they're adding ketchers all over the place. So

813
00:46:14,600 --> 00:46:16,960
Speaker 1: I don't know do they want another catching prospect with

814
00:46:17,200 --> 00:46:20,719
Speaker 1: Carlos Narvas coming off a rookie year? So I don't know.

815
00:46:21,000 --> 00:46:24,279
Speaker 1: I'm just looking at different guys. I mean, sure, you

816
00:46:24,400 --> 00:46:27,120
Speaker 1: got guys like you know, David Shields. I am a

817
00:46:27,120 --> 00:46:29,759
Speaker 1: big fan of Josh Hammond and Sean Gamble. You know,

818
00:46:29,840 --> 00:46:31,560
Speaker 1: do the Red Sox maybe do some kind of a

819
00:46:31,560 --> 00:46:36,320
Speaker 1: thing where if you brought in Bubick, you know, could

820
00:46:36,360 --> 00:46:40,080
Speaker 1: you get back, you know, like a prospect like Gamble

821
00:46:40,160 --> 00:46:42,080
Speaker 1: or Hammond. I was big fans of them coming out

822
00:46:42,120 --> 00:46:44,960
Speaker 1: of the draft. I thought they were underrated in that draft,

823
00:46:45,080 --> 00:46:47,480
Speaker 1: especially Hammond. I think that's a guy to look out for,

824
00:46:47,520 --> 00:46:50,080
Speaker 1: look at for Josh Hammond down the road. So I

825
00:46:50,120 --> 00:46:53,440
Speaker 1: don't know, I just I don't know, to be the

826
00:46:53,840 --> 00:46:56,279
Speaker 1: lesser value pieces. I wonder if that's what the Red

827
00:46:56,320 --> 00:47:00,719
Speaker 1: Sox would want to do for Duran. I think would

828
00:47:01,880 --> 00:47:06,160
Speaker 1: best case scenario they would like to in their view,

829
00:47:06,800 --> 00:47:10,000
Speaker 1: they would like to add an impact player to their

830
00:47:10,040 --> 00:47:13,439
Speaker 1: team if they're giving up Duran, which they should sell

831
00:47:13,560 --> 00:47:15,239
Speaker 1: high on. I mean, this is a guy that's put

832
00:47:15,320 --> 00:47:19,200
Speaker 1: up a combined ten wins above replacement over the last

833
00:47:19,239 --> 00:47:21,719
Speaker 1: couple of years, so they should have a hold him

834
00:47:21,760 --> 00:47:23,799
Speaker 1: at a high standard, you know whatever. You can say

835
00:47:23,840 --> 00:47:26,880
Speaker 1: what you want about the error and the postseason and

836
00:47:27,080 --> 00:47:31,440
Speaker 1: you know everything else, inconsistencies, but still a dynamic player.

837
00:47:33,719 --> 00:47:35,600
Speaker 1: So that's where I look at Cole Reagan's and I

838
00:47:35,600 --> 00:47:37,359
Speaker 1: think for the Royals, you know, what have you sent

839
00:47:37,440 --> 00:47:40,799
Speaker 1: back Duran? You know, a cost controlled starter. Maybe you know,

840
00:47:40,880 --> 00:47:42,879
Speaker 1: throw in a prospect in there and maybe that could

841
00:47:42,880 --> 00:47:45,919
Speaker 1: get something done. You know, That's kind of the way

842
00:47:45,920 --> 00:47:48,520
Speaker 1: I see it. Or could you really get creative and

843
00:47:48,560 --> 00:47:54,280
Speaker 1: get a third team involved, you know, where maybe the Royals,

844
00:47:54,960 --> 00:47:56,919
Speaker 1: you know, you can get some guys from some other

845
00:47:56,960 --> 00:47:59,000
Speaker 1: teams as well. You know, maybe you can get like

846
00:47:59,080 --> 00:48:03,040
Speaker 1: Duran and maybe get like another solid player, you know,

847
00:48:03,760 --> 00:48:05,880
Speaker 1: back from another team, and then the Red Sox they

848
00:48:05,920 --> 00:48:09,200
Speaker 1: could send someone to that team, you know, kind of

849
00:48:10,160 --> 00:48:12,319
Speaker 1: even out the values across the board. So you know,

850
00:48:12,360 --> 00:48:16,359
Speaker 1: maybe you can get creative in that way. So I'm

851
00:48:16,400 --> 00:48:18,640
Speaker 1: gonna you know, I'm not really thinking about Duran at

852
00:48:18,640 --> 00:48:22,439
Speaker 1: this point, you know, unless maybe you could do something

853
00:48:22,480 --> 00:48:25,640
Speaker 1: for Marte, you know, with the with the Dbacs want

854
00:48:25,640 --> 00:48:28,520
Speaker 1: to go that route maybe, but you know, I don't know.

855
00:48:28,560 --> 00:48:30,200
Speaker 1: I feel like Duran is a guy that maybe comes

856
00:48:30,280 --> 00:48:33,600
Speaker 1: up later on. We'll see, maybe for Marte if they

857
00:48:33,600 --> 00:48:37,240
Speaker 1: could figure out a way to get that done. Getting

858
00:48:37,280 --> 00:48:42,480
Speaker 1: back here to the article, you know, we've talked about

859
00:48:42,520 --> 00:48:46,239
Speaker 1: the alternatives, We've talked about the Marte trade, We've talked

860
00:48:46,280 --> 00:48:50,080
Speaker 1: about the Duran trade, kind of going over a couple

861
00:48:50,080 --> 00:48:57,080
Speaker 1: of things here. You know, they also mentioned Okamoto in

862
00:48:57,160 --> 00:49:02,360
Speaker 1: this article. The Red Sox also remain interested in oh.

863
00:49:02,400 --> 00:49:05,000
Speaker 1: They also talk about Boba Schet. Sorry, the Red Sox

864
00:49:05,080 --> 00:49:07,800
Speaker 1: also remain interested in high price free agent Boba Schett

865
00:49:07,840 --> 00:49:12,800
Speaker 1: and versatile infielder Jorge Polonko, sources said late Thursday. Japanese

866
00:49:12,840 --> 00:49:16,520
Speaker 1: corner infielder Kazuma Okamoto is also a potential fit free agent.

867
00:49:16,600 --> 00:49:19,560
Speaker 1: Uhenio Suarez, who slugged forty nine homers in twenty twenty five,

868
00:49:19,680 --> 00:49:24,680
Speaker 1: is one of the top power bats still available. So

869
00:49:24,719 --> 00:49:30,000
Speaker 1: Okamoto is really interesting. Ah, I really, I do like

870
00:49:30,040 --> 00:49:33,960
Speaker 1: the idea of him. It's just a matter. There's just

871
00:49:34,040 --> 00:49:36,839
Speaker 1: so many roads the Red Sox can go down. Here.

872
00:49:37,120 --> 00:49:42,360
Speaker 1: Does that road have Okamoto in it? I think the

873
00:49:42,480 --> 00:49:45,840
Speaker 1: it's hard to say. I mean, I haven't heard anything. Personally.

874
00:49:45,880 --> 00:49:47,640
Speaker 1: I feel like we haven't been hearing really anything about

875
00:49:47,680 --> 00:49:54,879
Speaker 1: Munataka Murakami and also John Hayman. I don't know where

876
00:49:54,920 --> 00:49:57,480
Speaker 1: I put that. I can't find it. But John or

877
00:49:57,480 --> 00:50:00,319
Speaker 1: not Jane, John Hayman, John Morosi, he went on MLB

878
00:50:00,400 --> 00:50:02,520
Speaker 1: Network today he threw the Red Sox into the fold

879
00:50:02,560 --> 00:50:07,160
Speaker 1: for Murakami. You get back to this, you know, getting

880
00:50:07,200 --> 00:50:10,680
Speaker 1: back to the don't believe in long term deals. I

881
00:50:10,719 --> 00:50:15,040
Speaker 1: would like to say on that there's probably more context

882
00:50:15,040 --> 00:50:18,840
Speaker 1: to that because The Red Sox have clearly been open

883
00:50:18,920 --> 00:50:21,760
Speaker 1: to long term deals as long as they're younger players

884
00:50:22,920 --> 00:50:27,360
Speaker 1: Roman Anthony this past year, Christian Campbell, Garrett Crochet. So

885
00:50:27,520 --> 00:50:30,640
Speaker 1: they are open to long term deals, it's just as

886
00:50:30,680 --> 00:50:33,399
Speaker 1: long as they're on the younger side. Right when you're

887
00:50:33,400 --> 00:50:37,000
Speaker 1: getting into the free agents, that's where it gets a

888
00:50:37,000 --> 00:50:38,560
Speaker 1: little Harry and we already talked about that at the

889
00:50:38,560 --> 00:50:44,320
Speaker 1: beginning of the show. I wonder if Murakami ends up

890
00:50:45,640 --> 00:50:49,879
Speaker 1: fitting that mold because he is young or I believe

891
00:50:49,880 --> 00:50:54,279
Speaker 1: he's twenty six. I believe he just turned twenty six,

892
00:50:54,400 --> 00:50:59,359
Speaker 1: So does he fit that long term mold? And same

893
00:50:59,440 --> 00:51:05,960
Speaker 1: for beshe? You know, does Boshett also fit that mole?

894
00:51:06,040 --> 00:51:08,680
Speaker 1: Bashett is a little younger, right, he's younger than Bregman.

895
00:51:09,239 --> 00:51:11,360
Speaker 1: Is that a guy they would like to extend or

896
00:51:11,400 --> 00:51:15,040
Speaker 1: not extend put forth a longer deal? I don't know.

897
00:51:15,120 --> 00:51:17,960
Speaker 1: I think I don't think they would. Probably he's probably

898
00:51:17,960 --> 00:51:19,520
Speaker 1: going to be wanting to get at least a six

899
00:51:19,600 --> 00:51:22,919
Speaker 1: year deal. I think if Alonzo got five and he's

900
00:51:23,080 --> 00:51:26,239
Speaker 1: older than Bushett, I think Boushett ends up getting at

901
00:51:26,320 --> 00:51:29,200
Speaker 1: least a six year deal, maybe seven. Do the Red

902
00:51:29,200 --> 00:51:31,120
Speaker 1: Sox want to go that length and by the end

903
00:51:31,160 --> 00:51:34,080
Speaker 1: of that contract, he'd be like thirty five. Do the

904
00:51:34,080 --> 00:51:38,080
Speaker 1: Red Sox want to get into that territory or would

905
00:51:38,120 --> 00:51:42,160
Speaker 1: they maybe offer say a six year deal to Murakami

906
00:51:42,520 --> 00:51:46,920
Speaker 1: who has strikeout issues. But maybe but the Red Sox,

907
00:51:47,160 --> 00:51:49,919
Speaker 1: you go back here, Let's actually look at a little

908
00:51:49,960 --> 00:51:53,360
Speaker 1: stat here. Let's take a look. Let me see if

909
00:51:53,400 --> 00:51:56,680
Speaker 1: I can pull this up really quick. One thing with

910
00:51:56,760 --> 00:52:00,640
Speaker 1: the Red Sox that they have really liked over the

911
00:52:00,680 --> 00:52:05,440
Speaker 1: last few years. You look at the exit villo. Right,

912
00:52:05,560 --> 00:52:08,600
Speaker 1: Let's go to the stat cast over the last few years,

913
00:52:09,000 --> 00:52:16,000
Speaker 1: the Red Sox rank sixth overall. I can't zoom out crap,

914
00:52:16,480 --> 00:52:22,120
Speaker 1: The Red Sox rank sixth overall in average exit villo. Well,

915
00:52:22,200 --> 00:52:24,880
Speaker 1: Murakami that he is a he's a big bopper, but

916
00:52:25,040 --> 00:52:27,600
Speaker 1: he strikes out a lot. So the Red Sox over

917
00:52:27,600 --> 00:52:34,680
Speaker 1: the years they have preferred guys that have good plate discipline. Right,

918
00:52:34,760 --> 00:52:37,359
Speaker 1: But I wonder if maybe the Red Sox look at

919
00:52:37,360 --> 00:52:40,839
Speaker 1: that opportunity and they look at the upside of him

920
00:52:41,200 --> 00:52:43,520
Speaker 1: because he has the power for a left handed bat

921
00:52:43,560 --> 00:52:46,239
Speaker 1: to clear at Femway Park. I know people are gonna

922
00:52:46,239 --> 00:52:48,759
Speaker 1: they're gonna look at you know, Yoshidah how that's been

923
00:52:49,080 --> 00:52:53,359
Speaker 1: just you know, has not fully worked out. Do they

924
00:52:53,400 --> 00:52:56,000
Speaker 1: try again for a Japanese hitter. Well, here's the difference

925
00:52:56,040 --> 00:52:59,759
Speaker 1: with Murakami and Yoshida. Yoshida was more of like a

926
00:53:00,400 --> 00:53:02,400
Speaker 1: more of a contact kind of a guy with some

927
00:53:02,520 --> 00:53:07,360
Speaker 1: pop right. Murakami is all pop low contact. Do the

928
00:53:07,400 --> 00:53:11,000
Speaker 1: Red Sox feel like they could sure something up there

929
00:53:11,080 --> 00:53:15,080
Speaker 1: and they could get the strikeouts down? You know? That

930
00:53:15,239 --> 00:53:20,439
Speaker 1: is one thing with Roman Anthony they're coming into uh

931
00:53:20,520 --> 00:53:25,000
Speaker 1: after they drafted Roman. There were there was some swing

932
00:53:25,080 --> 00:53:28,719
Speaker 1: and miss with Roman and they have obviously it helped

933
00:53:28,760 --> 00:53:34,200
Speaker 1: him improve that not as bad as Murakami, nowhere near it,

934
00:53:34,239 --> 00:53:38,839
Speaker 1: but maybe the Red Sox feel like, hey, we might

935
00:53:38,880 --> 00:53:40,920
Speaker 1: be able to fix this, you know, we might be

936
00:53:40,960 --> 00:53:43,799
Speaker 1: able to really get that thirty percent strikeout rate in

937
00:53:43,920 --> 00:53:47,360
Speaker 1: Japan and maybe get that to a healthier number. Depends

938
00:53:47,360 --> 00:53:49,920
Speaker 1: on what they think. I don't know, but he definitely

939
00:53:49,920 --> 00:53:52,880
Speaker 1: has the exit velo. He definitely has that raw power

940
00:53:53,000 --> 00:53:56,400
Speaker 1: that they do like, does he end up being a

941
00:53:56,440 --> 00:53:59,520
Speaker 1: guy where you know? Because also I wonder about his

942
00:53:59,680 --> 00:54:03,439
Speaker 1: market right now? What is this guy's market? I don't

943
00:54:03,440 --> 00:54:05,520
Speaker 1: even know what his market is. We haven't heard anything

944
00:54:05,520 --> 00:54:09,160
Speaker 1: about him but not a thing. Nothing. I haven't heard

945
00:54:09,280 --> 00:54:11,800
Speaker 1: one team. I haven't seen one team out there connected

946
00:54:11,840 --> 00:54:13,920
Speaker 1: with Murakami. I don't know. The Pasreis would have been

947
00:54:13,920 --> 00:54:15,920
Speaker 1: a great fit. But then all of a sudden we

948
00:54:16,000 --> 00:54:18,320
Speaker 1: got all these reports so that you know they're they're

949
00:54:18,320 --> 00:54:20,920
Speaker 1: having troubles with money and the ownership. I don't know

950
00:54:20,960 --> 00:54:22,880
Speaker 1: if they're gonna sell or whatever. So I don't know

951
00:54:22,880 --> 00:54:25,400
Speaker 1: if the Pareis are gonna be a fit anymore. The

952
00:54:25,440 --> 00:54:28,040
Speaker 1: Dodgers just never look like a fit because they already

953
00:54:28,080 --> 00:54:32,080
Speaker 1: got guys like at you know, first base, DH third base,

954
00:54:32,120 --> 00:54:35,799
Speaker 1: so there's not really a fit there for him. The

955
00:54:35,840 --> 00:54:38,239
Speaker 1: Angels do the Angels put down the money. I don't know.

956
00:54:38,400 --> 00:54:41,120
Speaker 1: I just what is the fit here? Who is the team?

957
00:54:41,560 --> 00:54:44,680
Speaker 1: I highly doubt he's gonna go back to Japan. There's

958
00:54:44,760 --> 00:54:46,960
Speaker 1: just too much upside with the guy. You know. It's

959
00:54:46,960 --> 00:54:48,920
Speaker 1: not like Sigana a couple of years ago, a few

960
00:54:49,000 --> 00:54:51,439
Speaker 1: years ago, where you know, he was an older guy

961
00:54:51,480 --> 00:54:55,319
Speaker 1: at the time already and uh, you know, I don't know,

962
00:54:55,480 --> 00:54:57,520
Speaker 1: but but him, I feel like there's just too much

963
00:54:57,600 --> 00:55:00,640
Speaker 1: upside there. But then again, maybe teams are just weary

964
00:55:01,160 --> 00:55:03,840
Speaker 1: of the swing and miss the numbers against the higher

965
00:55:03,920 --> 00:55:08,399
Speaker 1: v low, which I'm not too worried about with the VLO,

966
00:55:08,560 --> 00:55:12,120
Speaker 1: you know, listen, I think the guy's just got too

967
00:55:12,200 --> 00:55:15,879
Speaker 1: much power, too much upside there with the batted ball

968
00:55:15,920 --> 00:55:19,719
Speaker 1: profile that I don't know. I feel like you make

969
00:55:19,800 --> 00:55:25,399
Speaker 1: some adjustments, he'll end up being okay. I wonder if

970
00:55:25,400 --> 00:55:28,080
Speaker 1: the Red Sox could be informed For me, personally, I

971
00:55:28,120 --> 00:55:32,080
Speaker 1: would rather go for Okamoto. That's just me because I

972
00:55:32,160 --> 00:55:34,560
Speaker 1: just like the higher floor. He's more of a sure thing.

973
00:55:36,160 --> 00:55:41,480
Speaker 1: But if there is a team out there that could

974
00:55:41,719 --> 00:55:47,720
Speaker 1: possibly be a fit for Murakami, maybe the Red Sox,

975
00:55:48,520 --> 00:55:50,520
Speaker 1: because the only time they do long term deals is

976
00:55:50,520 --> 00:55:54,479
Speaker 1: for younger players, and he's probably not gonna break the bank.

977
00:55:54,719 --> 00:55:58,440
Speaker 1: I would think, if I don't know, does he end

978
00:55:58,520 --> 00:56:01,279
Speaker 1: up getting more than twenty million per year? Like could

979
00:56:01,280 --> 00:56:03,320
Speaker 1: you get him on like a six year one twenty

980
00:56:04,440 --> 00:56:07,840
Speaker 1: something like that. I think that, you know, maybe a

981
00:56:07,920 --> 00:56:10,880
Speaker 1: little bit twenty two million per year, you know, like

982
00:56:10,920 --> 00:56:15,040
Speaker 1: a six one thirty. I don't know, and maybe you

983
00:56:15,080 --> 00:56:18,359
Speaker 1: could put you know, put like incentives in there and

984
00:56:18,440 --> 00:56:24,520
Speaker 1: some options or whatever. I don't know. I wonder about Murakami.

985
00:56:24,560 --> 00:56:28,040
Speaker 1: I can't help but wonder about it, especially now that

986
00:56:28,120 --> 00:56:33,480
Speaker 1: Alonzo and Schwarber off the board, I keep thinking about

987
00:56:33,560 --> 00:56:37,120
Speaker 1: Murakami and Okamoto. We will see what ends up happening.

988
00:56:37,120 --> 00:56:38,960
Speaker 1: But you know, at the end of the day, everybody

989
00:56:42,040 --> 00:56:44,200
Speaker 1: circling back to the beginning of the show, they don't

990
00:56:44,200 --> 00:56:47,359
Speaker 1: believe in long term deals. Well, I think it's more

991
00:56:47,440 --> 00:56:49,120
Speaker 1: so the fact, you know, they don't want to get

992
00:56:49,160 --> 00:56:51,960
Speaker 1: themselves hamstrung, and they don't want to get themselves locked

993
00:56:51,960 --> 00:56:56,000
Speaker 1: into you know, bad contracts, which listen have bitten the

994
00:56:56,040 --> 00:56:57,960
Speaker 1: Red Sox in the butt over the years they have.

995
00:56:58,200 --> 00:57:00,760
Speaker 1: You know, that's not my opinion, that's not how I feel.

996
00:57:00,800 --> 00:57:02,560
Speaker 1: It's just fact. Right, if you look at all the

997
00:57:02,560 --> 00:57:06,040
Speaker 1: long term deals the Red Sox have given out, they

998
00:57:06,080 --> 00:57:08,839
Speaker 1: have lost money on those deals, right, It's just if

999
00:57:08,840 --> 00:57:11,000
Speaker 1: you look at the combination. Yes, they've had some good

1000
00:57:11,040 --> 00:57:13,480
Speaker 1: seasons out of those long term deals and seasons that

1001
00:57:13,520 --> 00:57:16,560
Speaker 1: have contributed to a World Series championship, which is the

1002
00:57:16,560 --> 00:57:18,720
Speaker 1: goal at the end of the day, Which is why

1003
00:57:18,720 --> 00:57:20,800
Speaker 1: I do think you need to get uncomfortable at times.

1004
00:57:21,160 --> 00:57:25,800
Speaker 1: But I don't know, I think this is the time

1005
00:57:25,840 --> 00:57:27,720
Speaker 1: to get a bit uncomfortable. But it sounds like they

1006
00:57:27,760 --> 00:57:31,400
Speaker 1: don't want you right now. Maybe if they feel like

1007
00:57:32,440 --> 00:57:36,680
Speaker 1: they are closer to a World Series. You know, they

1008
00:57:36,800 --> 00:57:38,760
Speaker 1: got knocked out in the wild card round. Maybe, like

1009
00:57:38,840 --> 00:57:41,040
Speaker 1: you know, maybe they get deeper into a postseason last

1010
00:57:41,160 --> 00:57:44,840
Speaker 1: next year, and maybe that changes the mind a little bit.

1011
00:57:45,400 --> 00:57:47,600
Speaker 1: I don't know. I'm not sure what's going on, but

1012
00:57:49,400 --> 00:57:52,560
Speaker 1: just because of this article, it doesn't make me think

1013
00:57:53,040 --> 00:57:55,960
Speaker 1: they're not going to improve this team. It was frustrating

1014
00:57:56,000 --> 00:57:59,480
Speaker 1: see those guys come off the board, but remember we

1015
00:57:59,480 --> 00:58:02,040
Speaker 1: were frust when Max Freed came off the board last

1016
00:58:02,080 --> 00:58:06,160
Speaker 1: year and then we got Garrett Crowschey ended up being

1017
00:58:06,160 --> 00:58:08,600
Speaker 1: a good offseason, remember that. Remember when Max Freed went

1018
00:58:08,640 --> 00:58:12,400
Speaker 1: to the Yankees. Is Pete Alonso going to the Orioles?

1019
00:58:12,840 --> 00:58:15,800
Speaker 1: This version, this year's version of Max Freed. We had

1020
00:58:15,840 --> 00:58:18,840
Speaker 1: a great offseason last year. There's still a lot of

1021
00:58:18,880 --> 00:58:25,400
Speaker 1: things they can do. We'll see, we'll see. You might

1022
00:58:25,440 --> 00:58:28,000
Speaker 1: not like my positivity, but you know that's my job.

1023
00:58:28,040 --> 00:58:30,959
Speaker 1: I'm here to help you feel a little bit better.

1024
00:58:31,000 --> 00:58:32,960
Speaker 1: I know things are looking a little murky, but I'm

1025
00:58:33,000 --> 00:58:35,720
Speaker 1: doing my best to help you feel better. I'm still positive,

1026
00:58:35,800 --> 00:58:37,480
Speaker 1: and maybe I look like the dummy in the end,

1027
00:58:37,520 --> 00:58:40,120
Speaker 1: but you know what, there's still a lot of avenues.

1028
00:58:40,160 --> 00:58:43,440
Speaker 1: You can go here. I'm gonna wrap it up right there,

1029
00:58:43,520 --> 00:58:46,240
Speaker 1: ladies and gentlemen. That is enough of me yapping here tonight.

1030
00:58:48,120 --> 00:58:51,080
Speaker 1: I agree Justin just wants something to happen. Just want

1031
00:58:51,120 --> 00:58:53,640
Speaker 1: something to happen, Ryan Adams, No, Robbie, because they aren't

1032
00:58:53,640 --> 00:58:56,400
Speaker 1: giving out the enticing contracts. Yeah, I mean, listen, I

1033
00:58:56,400 --> 00:58:59,160
Speaker 1: think they they're going to make some moves here. They're

1034
00:58:59,160 --> 00:59:01,480
Speaker 1: going to make some moves. I think it'll end up

1035
00:59:01,480 --> 00:59:04,760
Speaker 1: being okay. I think it'll end up being okay. Mason

1036
00:59:04,800 --> 00:59:06,960
Speaker 1: Red Sox acting like a small market team is comical

1037
00:59:07,240 --> 00:59:09,240
Speaker 1: and insulting. Oh, I wouldn't say they're acting like a

1038
00:59:09,280 --> 00:59:12,880
Speaker 1: small market team. I think they're being a little annoying. Though.

1039
00:59:13,120 --> 00:59:15,560
Speaker 1: It's like, come on, can you just give Alonso the

1040
00:59:15,600 --> 00:59:17,840
Speaker 1: Polar Bear the money for crying out loud? Can you

1041
00:59:17,920 --> 00:59:20,840
Speaker 1: just make it happen? Make it happen, cappen. I don't

1042
00:59:20,840 --> 00:59:27,000
Speaker 1: know what do we got going on? Fibbs need a

1043
00:59:27,040 --> 00:59:29,120
Speaker 1: tucker off the board. It's clear it's the Blue Jays,

1044
00:59:29,120 --> 00:59:34,040
Speaker 1: you know. I wonder, I wonder what's gonna happen there,

1045
00:59:34,480 --> 00:59:36,720
Speaker 1: And that kind of connects with Bo Baschett. So that's

1046
00:59:36,760 --> 00:59:39,640
Speaker 1: where I don't know. Is Tucker's market just not there?

1047
00:59:39,800 --> 00:59:43,400
Speaker 1: Is Kyle Tucker, Alex Bregman and Pete Alonso last year,

1048
00:59:43,440 --> 00:59:46,480
Speaker 1: but like plus where this guy's looking for. It was

1049
00:59:46,920 --> 00:59:48,720
Speaker 1: looking like he was clearly gonna get himself like a

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Speaker 1: ten year deal or something. You know, I don't know

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Speaker 1: what's going on, but maybe the Blue Jays are that team.

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Speaker 1: And if he ends up going to Toronto, then what

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Speaker 1: happens with Baschett? I don't know? And then uh c

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Speaker 1: h Man, I heard the Dodgers are in on Tucker

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Speaker 1: now and listen, I keep wondering if Tucker ends up

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Speaker 1: going there and a short deal, does he end up

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Speaker 1: doing what Bregman and Alonso did last year? Take the

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Speaker 1: short deal, go to take a three year deal with

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Speaker 1: an opt out, opt out after the first year, and then, uh,

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Speaker 1: you know, you got that first year with the Dodgers

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Speaker 1: to try and help them get a three peet. You

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Speaker 1: got the lockout, and then you could opt out after,

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Speaker 1: you know, after next year, and then try again once

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01:00:33,280 --> 01:00:38,400
Speaker 1: you know everything with the lockout is figured out. You know,

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Speaker 1: you would think, if you're Tucker, you would like that

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Speaker 1: long term security now. But if it doesn't materialize, you know,

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01:00:45,960 --> 01:00:48,760
Speaker 1: maybe he goes out there, makes makes sure he stays

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Speaker 1: healthy for this coming year. He keeps himself in good

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Speaker 1: shape and he's got everything ready to go with the body,

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Speaker 1: and then he has himself a good year. Well then

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Speaker 1: he can go try again next time. So I wonder

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Speaker 1: if that ends up happening, do the Dodgers just wait

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01:01:02,080 --> 01:01:05,400
Speaker 1: around and they get Kyle Tucker on a short opt

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01:01:05,440 --> 01:01:08,880
Speaker 1: out deal. I wonder. There's a lot of different things

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Speaker 1: going on right now, A lot of different things going on,

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Speaker 1: but everybody that is it for I didn't realize my

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Speaker 1: camera was just cut off right there. Goodness, gracious, I'm

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Speaker 1: a mess over here. I'm a mess. I'm out here, everybody.

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Speaker 1: If you can hit the like button on the way out,

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